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At the beginning of the program, we gathered recommendations from multiple sources and categorized the guidelines into different layers of the database infrastructure. For example, for the optimal PowerEdge configuration for databases tests, the team pulled best practices from current manuals and held meetings with PowerEdge experts to review the findings. This meant we actively worked with specialists and engineers responsible for each part of the SQL Server infrastructure. The following list describes each infrastructure layer validated for best practices, in the order tested: